From: Garrit Franke <garrit@slashdev.space>
To: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Taylor Blau <ttaylorr@github.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cli: add -v and -h shorthands
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 09:18:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f39ae520-a370-a1c5-7dcc-1b7bba4306bf@slashdev.space> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtubcyeow.fsf@gitster.g>
On 01.04.22 18:02, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I do not think one extra level of "unknown option", even with hint,
> is worth the trouble. If we want to cater to those who expect "-h"
> to be more special than random "-<some single letter>", we should go
> all the way and make "-h" truly supported. If we do not, they can
> read "git help git" just like those who wonder what "git -X" means.
From what I gathered, we all agree that adding the "-h" shorthand is a
good addition to the UI. Given that the "-v" option is understandably
controversial, I could cut it from this patch.
Thoughts?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-04 7:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-30 19:09 [PATCH v2] cli: add -v and -h shorthands Garrit Franke
2022-03-30 21:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-30 22:50 ` Garrit Franke
2022-03-31 0:07 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-31 13:08 ` Garrit Franke
2022-03-31 20:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-01 9:23 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-04-01 16:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-04 7:18 ` Garrit Franke [this message]
2022-04-04 16:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-31 21:27 ` [PATCH v3] " Garrit Franke
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